About Olavan Village

Olavan is a mid sized village in Radhanagari tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 864, made up of 423 males and 441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2879 hectares hectares.

Olavan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olavan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Radhanagari
Area (hectares)	2879 hectares
Population	864
Male Population	423
Female Population	441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Olavan compares

By the 2011 count Olavan is the 80th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents. Its 2879 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Olavan

Olavan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Olavan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Olavan from other places

Olavan lies about 52 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Achirne, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Olavan
Nearest railway station	Achirne	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Radhanagari	14 km
Nearest town	Pachgaon	49 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	52 km

Villages closest to Olavan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Radhanagari tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Olavan

As per the Census of India 2011, Olavan village had a population of 864. That makes it the 80th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents.

Olavan village has 423 males and 441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olavan has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Olavan covers 2879 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Olavan falls under Radhanagari tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Olavan is Achirne, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Olavan.

Olavan is about 52 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olavan is in Radhanagari tehsil of Kolhapur district. Achirne is about 14 km away. Radhanagari is about 14 km away. Pachgaon is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.